September 2, 1891.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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would include the following, and most of these were dis- 

 tinguished by awards of merit from the judges. Of the 

 finest yellow ground sorts were : Countess of Jersey, 

 edged with bright rose ; Edith Wynne, heavily marked 

 with deep maroon ; Victory, edged and flaked bright red ; 



best of the new sorts which combine all the good qualities 

 which the specialists discover before they certificate them, 

 and it may be assumed that they are improvements upon 

 older sorts of a similar color. 



Besides the Carnations, there were exhibits of interest to 



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Mrs. Harwood, scarlet-edged. Among self-colored flowers 

 were : Ruby, clear carmine-icrimson ; Ketton Rose, bright 

 rose-pink ; King of Scarlets, vivid scarlet ; Pride of Seven- 

 oaks, pure white ; Golden Fleece, bright yellow ; Mrs. 

 Walford, yellow striped rose ; Hotspur, clear, soft rose ; 

 and Mrs. Apsley Smith, very bright scarlet. These are the 



the specialist in Orchids, Roses, and hardy plants. The 

 most remarkable Orchids were three new hybrid Cypripe- 

 diums shown by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. C. Cor- 

 ningianum, named in compliment to one of your great 

 collectors, is a cross between C. superbiens (C. Veilchii) 

 and C. Philip pineiise (C. Icevigalum). It is intermediate in 



